Developing that trust with someone you don't know may seem like a challenge, but if you approach it correctly, you should be able to achieve a pretty solid foundation of trust. 

It also seems like a pretty great tool.

Admittedly, I'm pretty new at searching for general property details in any shape or form, so it would not surprise me if a search like this is super obvious and I can slap myself in the head. 

The village is pretty lax on enforcing anything (unless the garbage people have to pick up anything outlined as bulk & chargeable), but Thad is right, it is at your own risk. 

This is pretty normal for college rentals.As for the normal rental parameters, be sure to run the numbers to see that it will cash flow. 

I’m pretty new but I have several properties and have been investing there for about a year and I’m having pretty good success.

I don't know a lot about how auctions work--is financing for auctions pretty cut and dry?

I’ve heard bill cox and Eric cambell are pretty good.

Now I know that that equation is pretty easy and it’s just a ratio of income/dollars spent, but the harder question is......should I do either?

I live quite modestly relative to my income and I'm young enough that I'm fine jumping into a job again if I need to, so I've got a pretty high risk tolerance (so long as it has comparable reward potential, of course).I've been planning on just making money off the investment income, but I've always been rather interested in real estate investing and it occurred to me recently that I will probably have an easier time getting a mortgage now with my income than I will in a couple months when I don't have an active income.